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ARDMORE Clllhtilllltiri
piihlishcil Evr:ryS.1lunluy at Anllllurt, hloiiigoiiirry County. in.
AIERION TR!
ll, 1. ENSIGN, lain-roir
Subscription, One Dullar it Your
llt'il,ni.
coinnitiuirations and items ol lririil iuletul will
’ the nun! null
nlvriiyi he Illllllltlullyrrfrlvetl when
accoriipiini y nlltlless ut the sender.
tnviittrisis-r: -in-its Pl'kNl.!‘NF.D ox AYYI.ICATl0'<
ARIHIUIUZ. hIA>(1'II l-2. mill.
]APAN’S PURSUIT OI" KNOlVI.EI)GE.
A Japanese stiidciit, who has spent s eral ycitrs in this
country, gives some very sensible reasolls why japan millili-
ues tlle practice of sending select numbers of her talented
young lnen to study in the great eciiters of European and
American Ell‘ atioll. In the first place, it is because japan,
it snmll islillld collrllrv ill the far East. is llecessrtrily ht-llintl
the great and pmverfill ilatiniis of the Westein iunteriiil and
intellectual advantages. These nations are full grown. strong
and wise; the Japanese are yet but children in power and wis-
tltym.
This condition arises irorii no natural iiiicrioi-ity, argues our
student. Still the japallese, when they t-nine to realize it,
were obellient to the voice that blltle them hasten and m't‘rtak:
tlic westcrii nations. Tlle Japnllesc revolution ot isos iol.
lowed the opening by coiiiiiiorlore rtrry, in 1853, or the long
closed Japanese ports When the presetlt .‘Illial'I0 took his
cotoiiation oath he lldVISEt.l his people to seelr lrrioivlcdgc iii
Ioreign lands. This has ever hecu the Jnpniiesc policy.
In carrying out this policy, japan has sent the flower of her
young inch to study aliroad. and has int rd Iurelgll cirpcrts
to come to Japan and ztssist her in the building or railroads,
the establishinint of postal systelno and telegraplis, and the
fountling of the tditciiti-turil iltstittlllous with foreign teacliers.
After the explll ‘nu oi the dynasty WlIli‘l! tor 300 years hail
kept the cuuutr r isolated iron: the rest of the world, it suds
denly awoke fr llll its dream of igiloiant content and ltegiin to
strive tor a pin e iuii mg the t-iiliglitriiol llllll progressive nt.
tious. Its adv -new along the upward path lias excited the
WDlILIL'l' of the v arlll
Riis.-ia, Jiipaii l as zlllilort the ivliolc ivtirltlls syiiipatliy.
AN UNUSUAL WINTER.
The reader need not be iiiforiiierl that we have had a win-
ter of tlnlisllalsevcrity. Despite the (.'0IlEIl4‘.II[ i'I.s'S(’rlI0ll of
the oldest inllubitaiit that there hllve heen great clin tic
cliauges within nienlory, the winter til I903-4 was asnlTleiellt-
ly “cold spell." Ths year XSK6, says the Philailelpl ".1 Ledger,
was the banner year of the last century for Irigi ity. It is
known as the year without :1 snnnner. The tcnlperlitnre was
plisiioiiicual, and vztlueless as an ciraiiiplc iii the wctltllcr in
the good old times. The factis, the ineliii teinpcratiire of the
yeztrs has varied but sliglttly during; the list century. Since
Novt-nihizr’ r, x903, the nlunthly mean teinpcrzttnre has been
below the iiotiiial. iiiid the iicoiiiiiiilntctl dcliciciicy is 544 tlc.
grees, or, as one of our “ ' coiitenipuraric. puts it,
he are creditors of the weather for that many degrees of past-
duel - whether we can collect the rlellt hciorc llcxt iviii.
te ztrrities relnains to be seen. Upon the theory that we have
about the saute anlonlit of heat every year. we are entitled to
a hot suninier. The ziveragc teiiiperziture 'oi Feliriiary last
was 27.4 degrees. oti niiicteeii (lays the iiicari lL'llI])err1tllrE‘
was below freezing. From the gttl to the zlst was one of the
coltlest periods on record since the estahlisliiiieiit of the weatli.
er Bureau. Since 1870 only rii-o other lrohriiiiry-s were colder ""
l n
Ft-hriiary, 1835, and Febrltary, root.
‘W’ . . y . , rthilia ating cxerc s d
.PHYslcA;ut'3:lNlN5 01-‘ ‘the Clllltl nuist hr- in iiiiiiatirral ,,a,mi 5,q,,c,,C, mm C3,,” 3
l yes must he “Mm,
A y.
Inequalities in the Child’: Train- r izht and not ext‘ cd to
mg, U, yo symmetrical 9,. s c liinhs niust he r l
vrlo riicnt-How This is to B: I My do not do
Brought About in Both Boys H
r to wzilk too
early, lest there he curvatures or
nlalforlllnliulls.
irorivtisriwirr
Rllvxx Hx>UuU(
A healthy, wcll rlevclopcd hody ‘
is the best gilt zt child can receive.
' en E s lIS ( o not mean to
imrisiir , ,
= Alltl' s. i’ i“’ . “'
i. 1 ,“‘u'."”‘l“ ‘‘l‘‘‘“ "10 We ricrl v the calthy revival oi
LaL.""InC rr no. . i- tum; up’: 2-“ uh-it we done ivliich have spoken a revival
(com -.,i .o Chrl5‘ir'.eT:thtmt ttrrricm ‘I, I“ mi‘ 0 ml“ l!1k‘“lPlI Ital '
, .. .. v mm” M n ‘F r S] ifs that has hccii helped on by the
no
ri y rtioii upon the value
oi the tr.-upcd mind or to de rel;i- s
ate the benefits oi a llioroiicli edu-
' .e are oi
parati ely srnall value it the bodv
is SH
2
E‘-
Natiirc izclmrully it-ails
them to rlo this-bill
y. 0 not forget that a
such men as Prescott, Paririiiaii.
ioir cliiiriren late and see
ior tlirinsclvrs that the young.
stars set about it in the riizhtw
c The boys go with other boys am
0 I1
Ilerhcrt speiicrr and ri long list
other noble stiitlcpts ‘Recap!-
yi’
O, Pm , and Wm“, .o,m" I vb” b‘ oi bicycling in some other light
disrihihty hey iatl ri uicssage hall. to sit ii‘ to Yl)tV1"l‘:n;lIl‘(())“:l ‘h“" "m "H" “'"‘‘’""e"‘‘
lo clclii r to t e “ and they ivhccl. The girls iuect other girls .T" ““ “‘“ "“‘."‘“""‘ "Om. 3
compelled their botlles to yield to and roll hoop. ship prim. ma Iticynlc tor a prov.-uig ho or girl,
pg, “.15, nut licy were cxv bicycle‘ AM we mm,‘ ‘md the wheel should not-be bought
cemioni As ml the md moth r It-cl that they llzivr rliiiic “‘."?‘!“”"‘> ‘ 9"‘ ‘"“' ““ ‘C’
more or less in bondage to the M - ic sa
horiv ii the man or Womall s to
nialr'c' the best oi his or her mental
equipment, the physique must be
brougllt to its highest perlcctioii.
It is never too early to begin to
occurs to them to ii 9 sure that
they have secured jll$i what the
children. I '
‘n a way
o get frttin
net-rls
raso
es
lo enahlc lhc cliihl
what he or rihc
Let it: take the -OI-llle hi-
o
birth as to hecome
the chil
hap.-i it niay seem absurd to a
rir-rnanrl as much tor the child's
we do not their what W25 never a gnarl thing yet that
ave inane or it more was not siisccptihlc ol rriisusr.
intelligent attention. ‘ven as and y c is .i shining ex
it is the mother soon learns that ainple oi the tact. A tciv years
so .
like nature to
nler
Now in her life IIIILI dciitli Slrlltztfle ivirii I
ll
ii
0 time was neglect
“ hosp-
' liowevcr,t
I’ thought it had other uses than a
.kr the place ol
througli life,"-the parent who
‘ wlieela have learned that
i r<t I
‘ ]Il'‘0rllICi!l is In scnrl out one that
- i
ARDMORE CHRONICLE
at the Chestnut
iipo cvrryonc mile a wheel. Etcry
l‘IIIllI wmlletl one alltl the Amcrir
r-.iii pitrcnl, who is iinlulgciit, ii he
iloi-s not always act with the iii.
tl rrrnicr he puts into liiisiiicss
ii llt‘ s, prov-irl his chiltlrcii itaiuontli. That cured meo high
with what they ivaiiicrl. Having l-"W1 “"‘“‘5! Gefalwachcav
ltlllly hlitl ct-asi-d. 0 ini use that up an
llaviilga gnarl tune. '1hey
vi: had a few sort
v iv of
may ha .
e. lint it is quite as likely as .
r
not that it was not from an in
slrtlcior. hut iron. a playiiiatc.
Sonic rllililrcu,
rirlt-r" variety,
lull rlnl
of the “horn
had no trouble.
0 at once and rode VL
hurt a had sent and a had
L3.
Others
attitude min the iirst. ‘Mlle
prollztbly llicir Vt’Il(‘L‘IS liiid nnt
ht-cu sclcctctl properly and were
pletl to their height or
at liiiih. th
d not run casilyrnutl in
days the hicyc was
r:
ihusc
riilicr rlitlt-rciit proposition irorn
what ll s to.r v-they took it as
ri iiiaticr oi course and procrcilcrl
iist arl
tltnught the best way to r
the-re appcrrctl a horrlc oi “(none
cv h:icli's." Or they hccalnc on-
s in riding and went on
' solves to
a record nmon
rnpaiiions, The whi
parents told cotrlplacently of t e
exploits oi thcir children and
K‘
S-
0
and the bicycle tor
ed.
2 the passing oi the i d
here has been tro
outset a gootlly iiuruhcr oi people
who believed in t c icycle and
more nicans ol ctt
st-usihlr iiticraiiccs oi physicians
on the subject. Vllhen one wel
ti bottling; with an
childhood it might
gymnastics
hack ruling on
rlv start in
32
hits tiioiiplii seriously oi ic
physical dcvcloplllcnl. oi his sons
and tlatlghtcrs iccls that it is per- i
r Imps -
well I0 I00 into this matter
pullnileofelca" prizes. The ma
ivas lloorlrd with cheap wheels
and ihc getting one was a sort oi
lt‘lIA s
ca . .
ire have changed all that.
ivlioi. ri boy or I girl is to have it
. . o ier
wheel. it is selected to fit. Wllat
will do for one will not answer
(or another and the makers
0 their
5 not entirely satislaclory. '0
longer can one btly a bicycle noun
a responsible lirm on the hitrorr
iuiss plan.
e some one will rise with a ‘
talc ul how he bought 2 wheel for
in "THE EARL QFIPAWTUCKET,"
. ruiii them-as he would anythin
a not iiccrssary tor liiui
. . . 3
d rate while he is In an absolute
n . . .
3 Wllcel sliould he ciiiorccd. - Like
CV6 '
a . I
In the
‘ digestion. It would be (on
talc ran husincss. But t
0fTr
4
Street Theatre.
his boy and it did not last any
length of time at all. “He gave"
no more ivrnr, than I gave niin
hut it was so oorlv built that it
wont to pieces hcioie he had had
ihcii get him another."
t principle may ha
s
reckless with them he is able i
else DI Va uc-but instruction in
akin: decent care oi his goods
is, or shoulrl he,
part of his trainin .
The wheel
’pu chased, the bov
xlnlulrl be tiiugt ew things
ahiiut it For one thing, that it is
to ride
llnuhletl up over his handle liars
tvllen he is run ' '
1'4:
ootl
. . “P-
it position in is is im-
prcsstrl upoii h‘ d he follows
hc ivill grow straighter lic-
cniisc oi hi bicycle riding. I have
tii this siiccrsshilly tried with
c than one no
s straight iorvvorrt. bending
at the Wai . It is the cmilclling
position that stoops and rolin s
the shoulders.
Moderation in the use of the
thing it IS ini-
and
S
3
n:
-3
hirnsc
and nm the wheel ii he upsets his
’ unatc
c on v the hoy-s who did
by the o s w a use t
wheel applies with equal force to
girls oi the saiiic age. It is a mis-
take to think that what helps the
hoy to develop the hotly will be oi
no use 0 the ' ' ’
E’.
niorc even hoy. while
She is still a child the best thing
that can be done tor her is to en.
courage her in the torrihoy liic.
so tar as it leads her into the ircsh
' (I vi orous exercise. isic
a
has the riglit‘ ltiii
9.
er t sort g
woman one wishes a young girl
I0 become.
Of course, there is such 2 thing
as avcrdoiru: the out door lite and
he ph ' si e, just as there is
n excess on the
But the cvcnly hil-
have
better combination than a healthy
inind iii a healthy o y.
Mrs. M. H. Hunter, agent at
wynnevvoorl, and Mr. F. G. nitri-
thcy traveled over rutrch oi the
SATURDAY. MARCII I2. lfl0l
ble club rooiii afterconling
his home!
-5.
‘ of producing heat.
And you can safely trust
MERION AND RADNOR GAS
WAYNE AVENUE. WAYNE
Not too hot and not too cold,-
But just the very thing I'm told,
To keep us all from growing old.
Can you blame a woman for being peevisll and complain.
lug itshc has to stop and look after half a tlazcn coal First
all day, besides attending to other household duties!
Can you hldnie a indii who seeks refllgt‘ in tlit- t'UlnI(lI‘l:I'
froili the store an‘ ofFlcc and
landing the gloom and coldness or the toriili IJIISCUIICCKI in
Heat with gas and you will have the most
No dirt no dust, no wood to bust,
‘Twill not go out when wanted most.
AND ELECTRIC COMPANY.
LANCASTER AVENUE, ARI).'tl()RlE
JOHN L. NIATHER, General Manager
No. S colonial
Block
ELB ORN
MAKE KEYS
REPAIR LOCKS
SELL HARDWARE
SELL PAINTS AND GLASS
SELL HOUSEITURNISHING poops. 7E’l‘Ctr W
Telephone 261
A more
C0iI:9:Il.,7this w(efelii75:7ga71V19us for tents iii
REPAIR WRINGERS AND BICYCLES
REPAIR CARPET SWEEPERS
PUT RUBBER TIRES ON BABY BUGGIES
Headquarters for Micl1elI’s Garden Seeds
Our Annual Mid-Winter Hall
Drice Sale
OI all Kinds ol Ilorsc Blankets and Lap
Robes is now on. come ezlrly and
get the choice ol the lot. They are
all FRESH GOODS received in [his full.
All in first-class condition.
POWERS’ HARNESS AND RIDING SADDLES ARE
THE FAVORITES EVERYWHERE. ORDERS
ARE NOW BEING TAKEN FOR SPRING DE-
LIVERV. WRITE FOR ESTIMATES.
EDWARD L- POWERS
P. 0. Block Lancaster Avenue.
BRYN MAWR Telephone ROSEMONT
ss s
l
Is the result 0! Good Work and Prolnpl. Delivery.
l E .
l Our Success
l
Springlield wnler used and clothes dried in the Sllll
and air iivlieiier-er -possible,
Collecliauu null Deliveries lllldc irriiii brvnu to Philldelpllin.
Fine Work a Specialty
St. Mary's Laundry
ARDMORE, PA.
Phone isit
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VVest, going I: tar as Colorado.
AmERlE'XEN FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY
PNILADELPIIIA.
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McCURUY,
rii.rir..isr.
en.
Boiel-1 1<:1<'s
Parabola Glasses
civc these a triiil.
'l‘ht-y will
give you more ciiiiiriirt than any
other glass iuade.
eye nclic.
Nu slruiu or
You can use your eyes
ull (lay willmul lire. Tlltty can he
inserted in any link: of rpm“
628 Chestnut St,
PIIILADELFIIIA
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